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Showing 721730 of 49846 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 22-2-2008 n° 06-11.934

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

I. - For rights in the course of constitution of operations whose benefits are linked to the cessation of professional activity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-22

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 working in a medical biology laboratory authorised for the activities mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 2142-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-22-2

For the application of the third paragraph of the article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the public prosecutor may, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 F

The fraction of the capital gain or loss relating to the transfer between group companies of a fixed asset, acquired since the date on which it was entered on the balance sheet of the group company wh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-11

I.-When distribution approval has been granted for a film for which investment approval has been granted, the financial aid is awarded on a permanent basis and the sums are calculated and entered in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater

I. - When members of the staff of an industrial or commercial company who are employed there set up a company to ensure the continuity of the company by buying back a fraction of its capital, the said…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-22

An undertaking whose authorisations have all been declared null and void pursuant to Article L. 321-10-2 shall submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for approval, within one m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-22

In order to comply with the essential requirements relating to design and manufacture, medical devices, other than active implantable devices, must be designed, manufactured and packaged in such a way…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-22

I. - By way of derogation from the 10% limit set out in II of Article R. 214-21, a UCITS may invest up to 20% of its assets in equities and debt securities of a single issuer where, in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

Article D4241-22

In addition to the decentralised authority mentioned in article D. 4241-20 who chairs it, this commission comprises: 1° Seven full members and seven alternate members representing pharmacists, propose…

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